[thechat] US Elections

[Martin Burns]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ben Dyer wrote:

> At 01:34 PM 11/7/2002, Madhu asked a mouthful with:
> >What are the major philosophical, ideological, and policy differences
> >between Democrats and Republicans?
>
> Republicans are traditionally conservative.

> Democrats are traditionally liberal.

However, the difference as expressed in national government is near
invisible. Witness the recent campaign - I saw plenty of Democrats
praising Bush... what sort of behaviour is that in an election campaign?
It's not as if there's nothing to criticise...

Cheers
Martin
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